Dawn Moore

Dawn Michele Moore is a cognitive psychologist who studies the development of executive function and cognitive control in children and adolescents. She is particularly interested in how prenatal teratogen exposure is associated with executive function and academic outcomes. Over the past few years, she has been analyzing data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, exploring the effects of prenatal alcohol and/or tobacco exposure on the development of executive function and adolescent academic performance. 

During her time as a visiting scholar at CASBS, she will be writing and publishing her research findings related to this area of study. Furthermore, she will be involved in two collaborative research projects also using data from the ABCD Study. One of these collaborations will employ machine learning techniques to explore the cognitive development variables found in the ABCD Study. The second collaborative project will involve exploring the relationship between verbal ability and academic outcomes as well as any associations with prenatal teratogen exposure. Moore holds a PhD and MA in cognitive psychology from Claremont Graduate University.